In an interview with the Windsor Star, Chrysler Canada CEO Reid Bigland talked about expanding the availability of diesel engines in the company's lineup. Currently Chrysler offers diesels in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Ram HD and Sprinter van. A…

click the ecoVoyager for a high-res gallery from Detroit
The Chrysler ecoVoyager was to this year's Detroit Auto Show what the Ford Airstream was last year in more ways than one. An odd-ball shaped one-“box” design, the ecoVoyager is specced out with…

The downward trend in driving miles continued into July of this year for the ninth straight month. In what is usually one of the heaviest driving months of the year as families head out on summer road trips, $4 gasoline and the general economic…

Corvette C6.R GT2 – click above for a high-res image gallery
After more than two years of design and development work, the new GT2 class Corvette C6.R made its racing debut on Saturday at Mid-Ohio. For an all-new race ca,r it proved remarkably free…

Italian automaker Fiat is already huge in the diesel segment with almost 80 percent of the cars sold in the boot peninsula already running without spark plugs. Now, Fiat is working on their own home-grown hybrid system that could be on sale by 2011.…

The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization has given the lamely-named Good Design Gold Prize to the Mitsubishi “i”. The “i”, launched last January in Japan, is designed by Mitsubishi as an “innovative Premium Small Car”. The letter car is a…

The state of New York has awarded a contract to Hybrids Plus to build a plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid. The intent of the program is to evaluate the viability of plug-in hybrids and how much of an environmental benefit can be achieved on an SUV. The…

Miles Automotive announced that they are teaming up with the environmental web site No Gas Required on a video competition for college and university students. Based on the description on the website it appears that entrants should create a video to…

The ever cranky Robert Farago has weighed in on the subject of Tesla Motors, and makes some valid points even if his overall tone is a bit overwrought. While acknowledging that the stated specs are impressive, he emphasizes that no one has been able…

2011 Volkswagen Touran – Click above for high-res image gallery
At the Leipzig Motor Show in Germany this weekend, Volkswagen rolled out a new version of its Touran compact MPV. The Touran is based on the Golf platform and it's now up to date with…